RE: ORA-FO-NEGATIVE-ZERO 6.1 Numeric Types

The distinction isn't apparent on serialization - both positive and negative
zero display as "0" (assuming we adopt something close to the XPath 1.0
rules).
 
There are operations that distinguish between them but they are pretty
obscure. (23 div 0.0e0) > 5 is true, but (23 div -0.0e0) > 5 is false.
 
Michael Kay

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Buxton [mailto:stephen.buxton@oracle.com] 
Sent: 01 July 2003 02:34
To: public-qt-comments@w3.org
Subject: ORA-FO-NEGATIVE-ZERO 6.1 Numeric Types 



Functions and Operators, Section 6.1 Numeric Types 



Are there any operations that distinguish a -0 from a +0 ? 
Or is the distinction only apparent on serialization ?